Make sure you’re sitting down....
Marc Fisher in the WaPo on 01 May
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2007/05/memo_to_alexandria_schools_a_c.html
Memo to Alexandria Schools: A College Shows How to Deal with Drunken Leaders
“This is called “doing the right thing.” It is a concept that never quite got through to the Alexandria school board, which in 2004 decided that a DUI charge against its superintendent, Rebecca Perry, was occasion to extend her contract, give her some paid time off, and raise her salary.
Yup. That’s the one, Rebecca Perry. She’s a beaut!
And as a taxpayer in Alexandria, with no kids, I am simply delighted to help pay her bloated salary.
You know, there are 1,107 elementary schools in Virginia. One school that Ms. Perry oversees is ranked 1,104th - at least it was in 2005.
Now that is a real shame. Too bad Ms. Perry gets all that dough, and permits the kids in that school to wallow at the very bottom of the academic ladder.
Yup. She’s a real bargain - so is our school board. Sheesh.